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Consulier GTP – One Man, One Supercar Vision

Consulier GTP – One Man, One Supercar Vision

The Consulier is one of those ahead-of-its-time stories. Built between 1985 and 1993, the GTP had the specs, the street cred of a supercar.

By Winding Road Staff | August 10, 2022
Lamborghini, Murcielago
Icon: The Lamborghini Murciélago
Icon: The Lamborghini Murciélago

To enter the new millennium, the Lamborghini that replaced the Diablo had impossibly big shoes to fill - enter the Murciélago.

By Winding Road Staff | September 29, 2022
Lamborghini
Icon: The Lamborghini Diablo
Icon: The Lamborghini Diablo

The Lamborghini Diablo, a car that adorned the walls in poster form of many 90's kids.  A car that still is a show-stopper, 20 years after it ceased production.  A car that was so outrageous for it's time (and still is), deserves a centerfold in our digital magazine.

By Winding Road Staff | September 06, 2022

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Features , Cars
Chris Harris And Martin Brundle Chat About F1, Endurance Racing, Broadcasting, And More

This is a really interesting one, sports fans. Chris Harris talks with Martin Brundle about his formative racing years, as well as his lengthy experience in F1, touring car racing, and Group C.

By Winding Road Staff | March 23, 2020
Features , Cars
History In Motorsports: The Jewish Racing Driver Who Beat the Nazis

More book recommendations to present to our readership! We haven’t read this one yet, but you can count on us picking up a copy soon. Hat tip to Road And Track for doing a great piece containing some pretty substantial excerpts. Faster: How a Jewish Driver, an American Heiress, and a Legendary Car Beat Hitler’s Best looks to be an absolutely fascinating read.

By Peter Nelson | March 18, 2020
Features , Cars
Highlighted Podcast: Midweek Motorsport Series 15 Episode 7

Phil Hanson Racing FlickrCyrille Taesch Wahlen talks about an eventful weekend at Sepang for the Asian Le Mans Series; Nick Daman reports on Formula One…

By Winding Road Staff | February 25, 2020
Features , Cars
Highlighted Podcast Episode: Damon Hill On The Peter Attia Drive

In this episode, Damon Hill, 1996 Formula 1 World Champion, opens up about his personal struggles with depression, feelings of inadequacy, loss of identity, and his ultimate path to healing following his remarkable racing career.

By Winding Road Staff | February 17, 2020
Features , Cars
Video: Tourenwagen Classics At The Oldtimer GP

Earlier this month, the Oldtimer GP went down at the Nürburgring, a celebration of older and vintage race cars from various series over the years.

By Peter Nelson | February 16, 2020
Features , Cars , Racing
Highlighted Podcast Episode: Midweek Motorsport Final Episode Of 2020

Series 14, Episode 47. In this triumphant end to a solid series, the gang reports on all things international pro racing, share some praise, and do a nice, thorough interview with Le Mans boss Vincent Beaumesnil.

By Winding Road Staff | December 31, 2019
Features , Cars
Video: Keiichi Tsuchiya Piloting A Toyota AE86 At WTAC 2019

About a month ago at the 2019 Yokohama World Time Attack Challenge at Sydney Motorsports Park, the Best Motoring personality and Drift King himself Keiichi Tsuchiya got behind the wheel of a Toyota AE86 built by professional drifter Beau Yates to compete in the Open Class.

By Peter Nelson | November 12, 2019
Features , Cars
The Only McLaren F1 Technician in North America – Dream Job?

This Road And Track article is a couple years old, but it’s a fascinating glimpse at the job of the sole certified McLaren F1 technician in the US.

By Peter Nelson | October 27, 2019
Features , Cars
Video: The 365 HP ARIEL ATOM 3S Cannot Be TAMED!

While we shared a Speed Academy video not-too-terribly long ago, we couldn’t resist sharing this one as well.

By Peter Nelson | October 08, 2019
Features , Cars
Video: Porsche Owners Club Fontana Triple Crown Event

Porsche Owners Club recently uploaded a great video from their Triple Crown event earlier this month at Autoclub Speedway in Fontana, CA.

By Peter Nelson | September 24, 2019
Features , Cars
Video: Saleen S1 Cup Cars Are Seriously Fast

The Saleen Cup debuted this past Sunday at PIR during the weekend’s SRO events. While numbers weren’t massive, it was still great to see this much-anticipated cup series come to fruition and prove that they’re a really potent chassis.

By Peter Nelson | July 16, 2019
Features , Cars
What You Should Know Before Modifying Your Car

Modifications in this video: Dunlop Direzza ZIII 215/45R17 from Tire Rack

By Winding Road Staff | July 15, 2019
Features , Cars
This Generation’s BMW Art Car? Jason Whipple’s Berg Cup-Inspired 1980 Volkswagen Scirocco

Donut Media recently posted an episode of their show Bumper 2 Bumper on a vehicle that we have a great appreciation for: The Mark I Volkswagen Scirocco.

By Winding Road Staff | May 14, 2019
Features , Cars
Video: 50 Years of Porsche 917

With Luftgekühlt coming up this weekend, we thought it would be topical to talk about one of our favorite race cars of all time: the Porsche 917.

By Peter Nelson | May 03, 2019
Features , Cars
Mercedes-Benz Classic: 125 Years of Motorsport with Mercedes-Benz

Defining moments in races and records: 125 years of Mercedes-Benz motorsport history include many surprising and special successes, whereby world speed records are just as much a part of this tradition as unparalleled racing victories.

By Winding Road Staff | April 30, 2019
Features , Cars
Is Your Car Really Underpowered? Are You Sure?

We’ve looked at a lot of data from cars that are “down on power”. We notice that this power deficit isn’t as obvious as you might expect. We’ve dyno tested many cars thought to be down on power, only to find small horsepower advantages or no difference among cars. We also use analytical software to…

By Todd Therkildsen | November 14, 2018
Features , Cars
WRR TV: Ride-Along With Tanner Foust in the Andretti Autosport GRC Volkswagen Beetle

Contributing editor Bradley Iger rides shotgun with two-time Red Bull Global Rallycross champion Tanner Foust in the Andretti Autosport Volkswagen Beetle for a hot…

By Bradley Iger | July 24, 2018
Features , Cars
Video: 9 Days In Summer — The Cosworth DFV V8 At The Source

9 Days in Summer is a 48-minute promotional documentary film made by Ford in 1967. It tells the story of the development of the Ford-funded Cosworth DFV and Lotus 49, the title coming from the nine Formula One races the car took part in 1967, which are also extensively featured in the film.

By Winding Road Staff | July 10, 2018
Features , Cars
Would You Lease Or Rent A Race Car?

The team at Winding Road Racing is always interested in ways to improve the racing experience. Today, we’re interested in getting your feedback on leasing and renting racing cars.

By Winding Road Staff | July 05, 2017
Features , Cars
10 Reasons You Shouldn’t Upgrade Your Street Car To A Race Car

Almost every week we have a customer stop by one of our shops to ask us about a project he or she has in mind: “can you upgrade my current street car in phases to be a faster track day car and then a better HPDE car and then a wheel-to-wheel race car?”

By Winding Road Staff | February 15, 2017
Features , Cars
Recommended Podcast: CarStories

If you have a normal U.S. commute of 25.4 minutes or longer, you may well have become a fan of podcasts. Ditto if you are a cyclist or jogger or gym rat.

By Tom Martin | January 11, 2017

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